Advancing Youth Initiative: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 84-3967644)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$0
FY2021	$44K
FY2022	$35K
FY2023	$6K
FY2024	$195K
FY2025	$369K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$0
FY2021	$30K
FY2022	$30K
FY2023	$16K
FY2024	−$34K
FY2025	−$339K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2020.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Part of a larger organization · Schedule R

Advancing Youth Initiative files its own Form 990, but Schedule R discloses 4 related entities — figures on this page are for this EIN only, not the whole group.

Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship · Charter School for Entrepreneurs · Penn Hills Charter School Entrepreneurship · The Charter School for Entrepreneurship · See Schedule R

Combined filings · FY2025 · 3 entities with data

Simple sum of each entity's Form 990 headline figures — not audited consolidated financials. This page's EIN is 3% of group revenue.

Group revenue

$14.2M

Group expenses

$13.2M

Group net assets

−$1.2M

Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship · $12.9M rev · −$1.1M net assets

Charter School for Entrepreneurs · $947K rev · $320K net assets

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

100%

Program services 100% · $714K Management & general 0% · $2K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Wayne Jones

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Derrick Tillman

Vice-President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lisa Abel-Palmieri

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Charles Thomas

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Allen Zeolla

Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Advancing Youth Initiative is an education supporting organization based in Pittsburgh, PA, formed in 2019.

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1 program · $714K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Supporting the health, welfare and educational interest of PHCSE, Dominus and other organizations that share educational values.

$714Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd 01-01-47FY2024$200K

Penn Hills Charter School of EntrepreneurshipFY2024$55K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$255K

Grants paid · 1 grant · $140K · 2024–2024

Charter School for EntrepreneursPA · FY2024$140,239

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$369K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$368K

Other incomeLn 4–11$450

Money outPt IX

$716K

Ln 25

Programscol B$714K

Managementcol C$2K

Owns and owesPt X

−$339K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$145K

Total assetsLn 16$145K

LiabilitiesLn 26$484K

PeoplePt VI, VII

5

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b4

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$368K

Other incomeLn 4–11$450

Total revenueLn 12$369K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$145K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$145K

Total assetsLn 16$145K

LiabilitiesLn 26$484K

Net assetsLn 32−$339K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 630

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2		$145K
Total assetsLn 16	$0	$145K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$34K	$484K
Net assetsLn 32	−$34K	−$339K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$144K	$144K
Legal feesLn 11b	$51K	$51K	$0	$0
Accounting feesLn 11c	$500	$0	$500	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$2K	$2K	$0	$0
OccupancyLn 16	$61K	$61K	$0	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$2K	$0	$2K	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$431K	$431K	$0	$0
All other expensesLn 24e	$23K	$23K	$0	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$716K	$714K	$2K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026	$369K	$716K	−$347K	−$339K	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025	$195K			−$34K	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 9, 2024	$6K			$16K	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 26, 2023	$35K			$30K	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 26, 2022	$44K			$30K	990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 26, 2022	$0			$0	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $368,950 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $169,694$368,500

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $25,182$450

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $194,876$368,950

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$144,489

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,019$0

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $243,559$571,591

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $245,578$716,080

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$50,702−$347,130

Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members4

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $368,950 across 3 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $450 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$368,500

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$368,500

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $450 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$368,950

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $716,080 across 8 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $144,489$144,489

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $51,265 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$51,265

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $500 · Fundraising $0$500

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,449 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,449

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $61,367 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$61,367

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $1,818 · Fundraising $0$1,818

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $431,056 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$431,056

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $23,136 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$23,136

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $713,762 · Management $2,318 · Fundraising $0$716,080

Part X · Balance sheet $145,153 assets, 8 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$145,153

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$145,153

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $34,417$3,000

X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payable$481,005

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $34,417$484,005

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$34,417−$338,852

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$34,417−$338,852

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$145,153

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$338,852 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$368,950

XI-2 Total expenses$716,080

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$347,130

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$34,417

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$42,695

XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$338,852

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Advancing Youth Initiative

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Advancing Youth Initiative

Funders

Grants

Related Organizations

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV